In honour of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, what are the best dieselpunk and/or post-apocalyptic books?
We've been truly blessed to have such a strong prequel to one of the greatest post-apocalyptic action films of all time, Mad Max: Fury Road. With that in mind, what are some books that evoke similar vibes in their worldbuilding as the petrol-stained Australian wasteland of Mad Max?
Mad Max DNA:
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- Post-apocalyptic, underpopulated world
- Scavenger industry, resource scarcity
- Ostentatious displays of personality—camp humour
- Warring factions
- Heart—rare but impactful displays of humanity in the midst of a depraved society
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 The Road
| 4.03 | 1,390 reads | ||
 The Stand
| 4.17 | 1,006 reads | ||
 Station Eleven
| 4.08 | 1,220 reads | ||
 Ten Low
| 3.6 | 12 reads | ||
 A Boy and His Dog
| 3.88 | 9 reads | ||
 The Man in the High Castle
| 3.48 | 579 reads | ||
 Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Vol. 1
| 4.13 | 31 reads | ||
 The Sunlit Man
| 4.27 | 470 reads | ||
 Metro 2033
| 3.77 | 179 reads | ||
 The Postman
| 3.54 | 94 reads | ||
 Perilous Times
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 Battle Angel Alita, Vol. 1
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 Mad Max: Fury Road
| 3.33 | 3 reads | ||
 Swan Song
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 Molten Flux
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 Hard Magic
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 World Made by Hand
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 A Canticle for Leibowitz
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 Farnham's Freehold
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 The Waste Lands
| 4.16 | 549 reads | ||
 Dungeon Crawler Carl
| 4.35 | 527 reads |